NEW: G7 Foreign Minister's statement on Ukraine.

Critical of China's support of Russia.

'China should ensure that this support stops.'

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Also no mention of Taiwan, no mention of U.K.-China audit (which they have pledged to launch in first 100 days), and no mention that Lammy has previously said China is committing genocide in Xinjiang.

Lammy levels a series of criticisms against successive Conservative Government approaches to China.

Yet he fails to produce any policy evidence that “Progressive Realism” will be different.

The “three c’s” approach is not meaningfully different from Protect, Align, Engage.

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TSMC has agreed to increase its U.S. investment by more than 60% to over $65 billion and produce the world’s most advanced 2-nanometer chips on American soil…also build a previously unannounced third chip plant…that will be operational by 2030.

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China said to fall short of matching US advances in AI owing to ‘many challenges in theory and technologies’
Many Chinese-developed AI models have been built on Meta Platforms’ Llama system, according to a presentation made to Chinese Premier Li Qiang

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China launched five days of joint military exercises with Russia and Iran in the Indian Ocean on Monday

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PRC MinDef Dong Jun leans in on Ukraine, apparently telling Russian counterpart Shoigu that 'China supports Russia on Ukraine.'

This on the heels of Zhang Youxia saying “Under your leadership, the Russian Federation has been firm in facing the Western sanctions, which

PRC Ministry of State Security warns military enthusiasts could become easy prey for foreign espionage against the PLA. This could herald tightening of screws on the OSINT community focused on PLA developments, including sharing of imagery online. xhby.net/content/s65e91…

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The BBC clip is as hilarious as a SNL sketch. NPC delegates avoid foreign journalist like a plague.

This picture says it all: they are here as ornament, not someone exercising actual power.

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